EVERYTHING KREYÓL IS NEW AGAIN Seemingly caught between differing identities and life paths, Simone is at a crossroads. Half African American and half Haitian, this early thirties, native N…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMGET TO THIS MUSICAL ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE TO DRAG YOURSELF It’s campy. It’s trashy. It’s WAAAAY over-the-top. It’s ridiculous. It’s stunning. It’s funny. It’s moving. It’s t…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMWHOSE TOWN IS IT ANYWAY? Long before there was a Sheriff Taylor and a Mayberry (google it) there was a Stage Manager and a Grover’s Corners. Thornton Wilder’s classic paean to small-town…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 10:42PMTHERE’S GOLD IN THESE HILLS It’s always difficult for the children when a mother passes away, even if those children are adults. And if that mother is a strong-willed widow who struggled…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:50AMTHE BONES ARE INDEED GOOD, IF NOT A BIT SKELETAL The website houseful states, “good bones” refers to the core foundational elements of the home, “…a steady structure that can withsta…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 09:45PMNOT APPLICABLE Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-California) and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) are two of the brightest political stars ever to walk the halls of the Capito…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:55AMIT DOESN’T JUST FLOAT, IT SOARS New York City Center’s Encores! describes itself, “This series of concert stagings revisits the archives of American musical theater. Centered around …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:55PMA SLINGSHOT IN THE DARK Poor King David. What a life. If the blonde-haired King of Israel isn’t being duped by the local townspeople to fight Goliath, he’s embarrassing himself at a cock…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:40AMCOME HOME In the lovely Broadway revival of writer Samm-Art Williams’ Tony-nominated play Home, an African-American man named Cephus Miles contemplates life or, more to the point, his life…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 09:52PMLA COMEDIA DE THE COMEDY OF ERRORS Full disclosure, I don’t speak Spanish. Oh, I’ve picked up a few phrases over the years and still remember a bit of what Mr. Sanchez taught us in high …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMSOMETHING WONDERFUL IS COOKING IN HELL’S KITCHEN What else can be said about Alicia Keys‘ new Broadway musical Hell’s Kitchen, that its recent thirteen Tony Award nominations, includi…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 07:26AMHOW GOOD YOU GOT IT There’s an old saying that goes, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” But is “fixing” always a bad thing? What if that fix is not about correcting what’s wr…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMDoubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one. ― Voltaire The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines parable as, “…a usually short, fictitious story that illust…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 04:33PMPERICLES AT CLASSIC STAGE: A CLASSIC STAGING OF PERICLES Pericles by William Shakespeare is not a drama. Or comedy. It’s a Romance. A lovely romance that touches upon incest, forced prosti…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMAN EDENIC PRODUCTION AT LINCOLN CENTER Full disclosure, I’d never heard of Stephen Schwartz’s 1991 musical Children of Eden before seeing this one-night only, concert performance at Linc…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 08:55PMA STICKY SCRIPT Bees, those often annoying little creatures who have a knack for showing up at just the right time to ruin any number of outdoor activities, serve an important function. Name…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 08:59PMA VICTORY LAUGH Purlie Victorious, written by the late Ossie Davis, is a brilliant, funny, moving play that premiered on Broadway in 1961, with Mr. Davis in the title role. The initial produ…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:55AMWHILE IT’S BACK TO THE MOVIE MUSICAL, FUTURE IS A PRESENT Ever go on the original Star Tours ride at Disneyland? You’re seated in some kind of space ship/tour bus that is piloted by a lo…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMTO BE FOR FREE IS A BEAUTY There may be something rotten in the state of Denmark, but there’s something enthralling on the stage at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. In The Public The…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:56AMLIFE IN THE FAST LANE In the vernacular of showbiz, the appellation “triple threat” refers to a performer who equally excels at acting, singing and dancing. That Broadway veteran James T…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 05:58PMNEW YORK, NEW YORK SOARS ABOVE ITS OWN MATERIAL So apparently it’s still up to you New York — with a healthy assist from Susan Stroman and Lin-Manuel Miranda – to bring Martin Scorsese…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 06:49PMWHITE GIRL IN DANGER IS IN DANGER Broadway wunderkind Michael R. Jackson is back on the boards at Second Stage’s Vineyard Theatre, writing the book, music and lyrics for his latest …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:51AMYOU’LL BE HOOKED The title says it all. Based on the play Peter Pan by JM Barrie, Peter Pan Goes Wrong by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields is about a stage production of the c…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 04:06PMTHERE’S PLENTY OF GREAT PRANCIN’ BUT IT’S A HEAD-SCRATCHIN’ DANCIN’ There’s whole lotta dancing in the updated, Broadway revival of Bob Fosse’s DANCIN’, currently running at …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMPROCTOR BY PROXY In playwright Talene Monahon’s new play The Good John Proctor, John Proctor doesn’t actually appear. He is integral to the plot and is certainly referenced but there is …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMPERFORMERS AND PRODUCTION IMPROVE THE OPAQUE PLOT OF PERICLES Pericles by William Shakespeare is a play that is probably ripe for an HBO adaptation. It deals with incest, death, redemption, …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:24PMON AND OFF THE RIGHT TRACK Ever been on public transportation and wondered about the people seated around you? Not just whether or not they are nut-jobs or pose any physical threat but who t…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 06:30PMIT’S A JUNGLE IN HERE When Dorothy emerged from her ill-fated farmhouse just after landing in Oz, she held tightly to her tiny dog and spoke the immortal words, “Toto, I don’t think we…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:43AMTHE JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND MILES BEGINS WITH THE JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND MILES In black odyssey written by Marcus Gardley and currently running at Classic Stage Company, Mr. Gardley steps again…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMTHE ART OF MAKING ART The Collaboration by Anthony McCarten is much more than, well, a collaboration. This riveting performance produced by Manhattan Theatre Club and currently playing at th…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 07:40PMA PIANO PLAYED WELL NEEDS FINE TUNING There’s much to learn in August Wilson’s brilliant play The Piano Lesson. There’s no little old lady running scales but there doesn’t need to be…
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